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Bailout: American taxpayers on the hook … again
It will come as no surprise to anyone that George Bush’s speech last night angered me. How dare he step in at the eleventh hour in this financial crisis and pull scare tactics on the American public! We didn’t create this problem. We have no vote on the bailout plan. We’ve been scared for months, … Continue reading
Just three years after Katrina, New Orleans braces again
It seems like only yesterday we watched Hurricane Katrina bearing down on New Orleans. The devastation was incredible, the aftermath an international disgrace. Inadequate preparation, criminally inadequate levees, abysmal federal response. And now, here comes Gustav, currently a category 4 hurricane, taking dead aim on New Orleans. Is the city ready this time? My impression, without doing … Continue reading
Bush has Putin shaking in his boots … not
President Bush is speaking at this moment, warning Russia to get out of Georgia. Right. I’m sure Putin is scared to death by Bush’s words. I can’t believe any foreign leader would be swayed by George Bush’s “tough talk.” For Bush to warn Putin that he’s “losing his standing in the world” is a supreme … Continue reading
Bush surveys damage done by … his presidency
I don’t visit The Onion very often, but this brilliant little piece has raised my awareness. And I post it here not so much for my readers as for my own convenience. I’m not sure what it says about me, this turning to The Onion, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Cobert for political news. Maybe because … Continue reading
Hillary spearheading fight against HHS ‘abortion’ label
Nothing makes my blood boil faster than someone, anyone, trying to tell me what I can or can’t do with or to my body. Seriously, how much more personal and private can you get? So I flipped out when I came across Hillary Clinton’s article Monday on The Huffington Post. It seems the Bush administration … Continue reading
Two more primaries slip by today; wake me when it’s over
North Carolina and Indiana are having their presidential primaries today. Can you sense my excitement? yawwwn … You may have been astute enough to notice I’ve gone somewhat apolitcal recently. Frankly, I’ve grown colossally tired of this campaign. I’m just waiting for it to be over. Or it least move on to the conventions and … Continue reading
‘Bush’s War’: In case you weren’t angry enough already
Two nights ago PBS ran another of its documentaries, “Frontline: Bush’s War,” Parts 1 and 2. I knew full well what I was getting into, but I decided to watch it anyway. It was history. It would be a nice summation of the Iraq war and correct any erroneous ideas I had. Well, I stuck … Continue reading
Hu gets call from Bush as the world prays for Tibet
Bravo! That was a cheer for George Bush, something you don’t see very often in Pied Type. BBC News is reporting that President Bush called China’s President Hu Jintao and “raised his concerns” about the protests and Chinese crackdown in Tibet. If the situation in Tibet doesn’t improve, Bush should stay away from the Opening … Continue reading
McCain gaffe, Lieberman correction are cause for concern
By now everyone knows that in Jordan yesterday, Sen. John McCain said Iran (predominately Shiite) was training Al Qaida (mostly Sunni) operatives to go into Iraq to fight. In fact, the Sunni and Shia are fighting each other in Iraq, and Iran is reportedly training Shiite extremists, not Al Qaida. However, not until Joe Lieberman … Continue reading
John McCain shackled by Bush endorsement
Sen. John McCain locked up the Republican presidential nomination last night, and for a few hours the former fighter pilot was flying high. Then today came the inevitable, unavoidable endorsement from President George Bush, and the thud could be heard across the country. McCain, popular because of his maverick stances and strong individualism, has now … Continue reading
Impeachment call too late; voters on the move
Former Senator George McGovern, in Sunday’s Washington Post, said George W. Bush and Dick Cheney should be impeached. True, there’s still time to make the White House accountable for trampling the Constitution. There is a point to be made, and simply allowing Bush and Cheney to serve out their terms in office does not suffice. … Continue reading
And so it goes, in the U.S. and elsewhere
» Why is George Bush going to the Middle East this week? What can he possibly accomplish in a region where he is almost universally despised? Perhaps he thinks that every turkey shoot needs a turkey. » Iranian gunboats have harassed the U.S. Navy in the Strait of Hormuz. Are they trying to provoke an … Continue reading
Mukasey moving to protect Bush on CIA tapes
The U.S. Department of Justice has decided to pursue a full criminal investigation into the destruction of the CIA interrogation tapes, according to Fox News. Disappointing news, to say the least. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey is a recent Bush appointee. Looks like he’s moving fast to preempt the Congressional and very public investigation of … Continue reading
Annapolis Conference is all about Bush legacy
Palestinian Authority President Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert are meeting with President George Bush today in Annapolis, Maryland, in another attempt to reach some sort of peace agreement. I can’t imagine that any of the attendees really believes our decidedly undiplomatic, foot-in-mouth president can broker a deal for the incendiary Middle East. It was, … Continue reading
Election ’08: Does religion matter?
Hard to believe it’s already been four months since three Republican candidates declared they don’t believe in evolution, and instantly took themselves out of the running as far as I’m concerned. Brownback, Tancredo, and Huckabee. I don’t know what startled me more, their admission or my shock. I’d always thought I was a reasonable, open-minded person, willing to … Continue reading
Bush and his wiretaps: one of us doesn’t get it
Yesterday a U.S. judge declared that the National Security Administration’s warrantless domestic eavesdropping and surveillance is unconstitutional. Quick to defend his Administration’s position, President Bush today declared, “Those who herald this decision simply do not understand the nature of the world in which we live.” Okay, Mr. Bush, I’ll bite. I’m elated over the decision. … Continue reading
Frat boy Bush makes move at G-8
At last week’s G-8 Summit in Europe, video cameras caught our very own President Bush giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel an unexpected, uninvited back rub as he passed behind her. Where I come from, a move like that in public by any man toward any woman constitutes sexual harassment. A gentleman never, ever lays a … Continue reading
Rather embarrassing… again
It wasn’t enough that Dan Rather embarrassed himself, his network, and his profession a while back with that George Bush National Guard fiasco. Now he’s howling that CBS wasn’t living up to its contract agreement about his assignments and, in a huff of indignation, has quit. Apparently his arrogance has blinded him to any notion … Continue reading
About that new marine sanctuary…
President Bush has just approved a huge new marine sanctuary in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, an area said to be approximately 100 times the size of Yellowstone National Park. Question: How concerned will he be about protecting the area if someone discovers oil there? Or maybe he approved it because Halliburton has already determined there … Continue reading
Bush talks about illegal immigration
President Bush just finished addressing the nation from the Oval Office, having been driven to it by the current cacophony over illegal immigration into the U.S. He didn’t say much of anything new, repeating his old and well-known position on enforcement and a guest worker program, and a comprehensive bill including both. He started by … Continue reading
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